Ancient cavers in Eastern North America

Patty Jo Watson; George Crothers

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-814124-3.00009-1

Ancient cavers in Eastern North America

Patty Jo Watson, George Crothers

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Abstract

During the past 5000years, hundreds of cave dark zones were entered, explored, and used in various ways by Precolumbian people in Eastern North America. In particular, several miles of the world's longest cave—the Mammoth Cave System, Kentucky—were known prehistorically. Archeological remains in portions of that cave system are briefly described and discussed with comparative reference to other caves in the Eastern Woodlands of North America.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Caves, Third Edition
Pages	65-70
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128141243
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814124-3.00009-1
State	Published - Jan 1 2019

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Keywords

Cave archeology
Mammoth Cave
Salts Cave

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General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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